Abdallah Salem el-Badri, Date of Birth, Place of Birth
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Secretary General of OPEC
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Place of Birth: Benghazi, Libya
About Abdallah Salem el-Badri
- Abdalla Salem el-Badri (born 25 May 1940) is a former Libyan official who served as Chairman of the National Oil Corporation (NOC), Minister of Petroleum, Minister of Energy, Minister of Management, and Deputy Prime Minister.
- He was also the longest-serving Secretary General of OPEC, holding the position in 1994 and then 2007–2016.
- He is a citizen of Libya and resides in Austria.
- He is married with five children.OPEC selected Nigeria's Mohammed Barkindo to succeed el-Badri as Secretary General, effective 1 August 2016.
- One of their predecessors was Omar el-Badri who held the position in 1970, although OPEC does not disclose any relation between its two Libyan Secretaries General with the same family name. Abdalla El-Badri was born in Ghemines, Libya, and began his oil industry career in 1965 with Esso.
- He graduated cum laude from Florida Southern College in 1975 with a B.S.
- in accounting.
- He served as the Libyan Minister for Oil from 1990, the post being expanded to cover electricity in 1993.
- In 2000, he moved to become Under-Secretary for Services, then in 2002 he became Deputy Prime Minister.
- From 2002 to 2004, he served as Minister for Management.
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